Matt Monroe the original chef at 56 West is back with some new twists to one of Lakewood'sfavorite menus. Each month they will change the flavor slightly to bring food and ideasfrom around the country to Lakewood.

Matt is posting them in the food and restaurant section, and we have other restaraunts and chefs doing the same!

Now you can ask questions, find out the specials and go to the establishment and review them! All right here at the Lakewood Observer website.

I always loved 56 West. I took my mom and gf there Saturday for lunch and I got beef briskett on a pretzel bun with cheese and horsey sauce and it was amazing. But I was,for the first time disappointed in one thing. After I dropped my mother off at home she said to me,"Mark,I dont think there was bacon or cheese on my burger." I sorta thought she was crazy but my g/f got the same thing she did. Oddly enough there was half the burger left she took home and put in my refrigerator. Upon inspection my g/f didnt have the bacon of cheese on her burger either....I dont remember the nme of the burg but I know they were supposed to get Applewood Smoked Bacon and some sort of cheese on it...talk about major error,just dont know how they didnt realize when they got it.....

Went there and got the chicken and waffles, chicken was great, couldn't eat the waffles.

Waffles had BLACK PEPPER in them. When I asked, the waitress came back and said the cook put pepper in to cut the sweetness. I've never heard of such a thing and there was so much black pepper they burned my mouth.